Cell microcarriers and microcapsules have presented a wide range of potential applications.
This article overviews their role in biotechnology with focus on the progress accomplished …

For decades scientists have been working on closed systems for transportation, catalysis
and protection, which are inspired by natural cells. Only recently polymer based systems …

Polymer microcarriers are being extensively explored as cell delivery vehicles in cell-based
therapies and hybrid tissue and organ engineering. Spherical microcarriers are of particular …

Microencapsulation and the controlled release of bioactive agents have long been
investigated and exploited to both improve the fundamental understanding of cell …

We report a microfluidic approach to produce monodisperse pH-responsive microcapsules
with precisely controlled release behavior. The solid microcapsule shells are composed of a …

Eukaryotic cells have an architecture consisting of multiple inner compartments (organelles)
such as the nucleus, mitochondria, and lysosomes. Each organelle is surrounded by a …

In this tutorial review we discuss recent advances in the application of microfluidics for the
generation of microgels from synthetic and biological polymers. We summarize advantages …

Stimuli-responsive microgels represent a highly interesting and unique class of materials
since they exhibit exceptional properties which stem from the particular combination of their …

We present a new type of microcapsule programmed with a tunable active release
mechanism. The capsules are triggered by a plasticizing stimulus that induces a phase …

Microgel capsules are micrometer‐sized particles that consist of a cross‐linked, solvent‐
swollen polymer network complexed with additives. These particles have various …